Can.



J. K. BILLIG.

CAN.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR.15, 191s.

1,090,678, Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Mar. 1 32914.

Application filed March 15, 1913. Serial No. 754,417.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, James K. BILLIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cans and particularly to cover locks therefor; and it has for its object the provision of a.,bail having relatively yieldable locking extremities which cooperate with a portion of the cover when the bail is adjusted to one position whereby to positively engage the cover andhold the same against accidental displacement.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a cam wherein the yieldable looking extremities of the bail will be automatically moved to released position when the bail is adjusted to a prescribed position.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the can; Fig. 2 is a vertical section therethrough, showing the cover in a locked position; Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the bail adjusted to release the extremities thereof from the cover; Fig. i is a perspective view of one of the cam disks.

The device comprises a receptacle 1 which is preferably cylindrical and provided with an upper removable cover 2 having a fixed carrying and cover removing handle 3. Said cover is provided with a depending embracing flange 4, whose edges are rolled to provide an annular laterally extending head 5 which is disposed considerably beyond the side walls of the receptacle 1 for a purpose to be hereinafter explained.

At diametrically opposite points the receptacle 1 is provided with flat disks 6 hav- .ing attaching lugs 7 which may be riveted, soldered or otherwise secured to the receptacle 1 below the plane of the bead 5 of the cover when the latter is closed. The disks 6 are provided with lateral, horizontally-disposed portions 8 whose edges 9 form retaining surfaces which terminate in the direct-ion of the cover 2 in inwardly beveled releasing surfaces 10 for a purpose to be hereinafter explained.

The bail 11 is constructed preferably of a vent the extension 13 single piece of resilient flat meta-l having side arms 12, which are adapted to normally spring toward each other and against ,the sides of the receptacle 1 under the inherent elasticity of the bail. The arms 12 terminate in vertical extensions 13 having integral locking portions 1 1 which overlie the head 5 of the cover flange 4rso as to be disposed in the direct path of upward movement of the cover and thereby form obstructions or retainers for holding the cover against being accidentally opened. The

portions 14; are referably provided with CODCiLVltlBS 15 conformmg substantially with the configurations of the head 5. The surfaces 10 terminate immediately at one side of the extensions 13 of the bail arms 12, so as to permit said extremities to lie in flat contact with the disks 6 and thereby cause the portions 14 to be advanced over the head 5, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The extensions 13, at their points of juncture with the arms 12, are pivoted on fixed studs 16 which are relatively long so as to permit the extensions 13 to be adjusted horizontally on said studs on swinging adjustments of the bail. The studs are provided at their outer ends with stop heads 17, which are designed to prefrom being entirely moved from the studs, as will be understood.

From thi construction, it is evident that when the bail is adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 1, the extension 13 of the arms 12 will be operatively advanced in the direction of the head 5 at diametrically opposite points upon the receptacle and there by effect operative presentations of the portions 15 above the bead and in spaced relation thereto. It is essential that the portions 14 be spaced from the head 5 in order to effect released. adjustments of the bail when it is desired threw the cover. Incident to the fact that the pQktlOIlS 10 are disposed immediately at one side; and in the path of adjustment of the extensions 13, it is evident that when the handle of the bail is grasped and drawn in an upward direction, the extensions 13 will be brought into engagement w1th the surfaces 10 of the cam-like disks with a resultant relative adjustment of both of said extensions 13 to cause the locking portions 1 1 to be drawn laterally from the plane of the bead 5. When the extensions 13 are adjusted onto the surface 9, the cover may be removed.

The flanges 8 terminate at their lower ends in line with the surfaces 10, so as to permit the bail to be adjusted to a true vertical carrying position. When the extensions 13 are in the position shown in Fig. 1, the receptacle may be carried by the handle 3 of the cover to facilitate the dumping operacover a swinging bail mounted on the can and having retaining extensions normally lying above the against removal when the bail is adjusted to one side of the can, means supporting the extensions for sliding movements relatively of the sides of the cover, and means for moving the extensions laterally beyond the copies of this patent may be obtained for cover to hold the latter cover when the bail is adjusted to a carrying position.

3. A can provided with a V removable cover, a bail mounted for swinging movements on the can and having retaining portions normally overlying the cover and disposed in the direct path of movement thereof to prevent its withdrawal when the bail is swung to an inoperative position-at one side of the can and camsfixedly mounted on the can anddisposed in the path of the cover retaining portions of the bail and normally lying to one side of the axes of the ball. 7 y

4. A can, fixed disks secured to the sides thereof, a removable cover fitted to the can, a bail having laterally movable branches mounted upon the disks and provided with extension normally overlying the cover and spaced therefrom, and means on the disk for moving the leased position relatively of the cover when the bail is adjusted to a carrying position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: V V EDNA HArnn, I Mownn S. EBYL five cents each, by addressing'the Commissioner of latentl, Washington, D. 0.?

extensions ofthe bail to re-.

AMES KLBILLIGV. N V 

